Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-17
nd ought to have nothing

opQ Ougnl u nave uOgnlnS ~
do with the question. As citiZ 4ns, let
every man exercise his best judgment and
vote accordingly" In my speech at Fort
Worth, jun 80, said Speaking OF u
amerdmenN: "Bdt II is rot par
question, | sm Democrat and recog liz- /
no other party obligation, and in respect
to this question, which involves the NOR
ais Of society, peace, good order, prosper
ity, follow my personal convictions. |
The Democratic party wisely leaves every |
man so to do. The man, claiming to be |
Democrat, who uses his endeavors to |
arouse party passions by party appeals is
su enemy to Democracy, ald II succe ssful
disrupts the party"
Throughout the CANVASS followed the
thought chslked out in these extracts.
Tle1e are many reasons why support OF
or opposition TO the amendment will not
seriously affect the Democratic party,
Notwithstanding the idle vaporings OF
some CT the chiefs of the True Blue party.
l. Throughout the history of the Dem
ocrstic party, beginning with this CEN
fury, it hiss no s'sin upon its escu.CheOn.
| II has been governed by the highest prin-
ciples Of party honor IN its treatment OF
friend and foe. Having said to its mem
J bers that ii is not party question, do IS
you please, 1t will not for the first time
in its history be guilty Of Punic faith, and
especially toward its own household.
| .. II has common sense, and will never
change the old guard for C0chran's corps
d'Afrique, the German Republican
battalions and the "God and Liberty"
Mexican free lances. The Democrats
who voted for prohibition did 50 within
the limits of their platform, as did
Democrats opposed to prohibition. They
went intoG no newiparIy, took no new
name, made no new platform, they re-
pudiated no plank in the DemocEsssc
platform and stand there to day where
they propose to stay.
Thousands Of sound Democrats voted
against prohibition who have as little re-
spect tor the Dolly Warden, True Blue
party as | have.
Democrats stand on their own plat
form, not on one madeby some Democrats,
nearly all the Republicans, Greenbackers
and odds and ends. Democrats who
voted for prohibition will go to the
next convention not las Prohibitionists,
but as Democrats who have never re-
belled.
am not of opinion that the question
will cut any figure unless the question is
forced oy True Blues.
Whether the twelfth plank remains in
or the platform is entirely silent is to me
personally matter Of no consequence,
for believing prohibition police cues
ton OF local and domestic
concern, and rot at all
party question, il the platform
we're silent, it would leave every mer
free to his own opinions. A plank IS
, sorting prohibition to beIsnti- Democratic
would be the creation of a new principle
unknown to the party. Equally absurd IL
the threat of defining in the next plat
! form the meaning Of "sumptuarY legis
lation." Its meaning has been detined by
the civil lay fer about 300 years, and by
the common lsw for about 500 years, arc
, the editors OF the new lsW6di c5ionary to
be made at the next convection Will tind
l themselves laughed ct by sensible men
The bull Of Accommodation against tn
'leaders" on the prohibition smendmen
; is bru,em fulmeD-scund and fury signi
;. flying nothing. The gracious proposal K
} "taEe back the rank and tile," is IN in
suit to the intelligence OF the great host
J of Democrats who voted for the amend
c ment. The "leeders" were representa-
:, tive men and as the same
attenpa was made after tn
war to separate the officer an
/ private. and was scornfully rejected, 81
t this will be. There is no "taking beck
c in the case. We have never gone GU
e and don't propose to. Democrats VIII
i voted for prohibition oppose True Blu
parties, state prohibition parties, nations
y prohibition parties, Republican, Green
back and Independent parties, and ever
! other party save the grand old Demo
u u cratic party, whose principles are es
8 sential to the perpetuity Of free govern
$ ment. We resist the introduction of an
Z Greek gift through it's gates, whethe
= from the Dolly Warden party or any OF il
% allies. Very truly, S. B. MAxEY.
VIEWS OF W, II. POPE.